World Fantasy Special Award—Non-Professional
This World Fantasy Award is presented to individuals for outstanding non-professional work in the fantasy field, and voted by a panel of judges at the World Fantasy Convention.
Award winners and finalists
2004
WFC 2004 was held in Tempe, Arizona. Judges were John Clute, Sherwood Smith, Michael Stackpole, Alain Nevant, and Scott Wyatt.
- Winner: R.B. Russell and Rosalie Parker (for Tartarus Press)
- Deborah Layne and Jay Lake (for Wheatland Press)
- Paul Miller (for Earthling Publications)
- Dave Truesdale (for Tangent Online)
- Rodger Turner, Neil Walsh, and Wayne MacLaurin (for SF Site)
2005
WFC 2005 was held in Madison, Wisconsin, and was chaired by Meg Turville-Heitz. Judges were Alis Rasmussen (Kate Elliott), Jeffrey Ford, Tim Lebbon, Patrick Nielsen Hayden and Jessica Amanda Salmonson.
- Winner: Robert Morgan (for Sarob Press)
- Ariel (for The Alien Online)
- Matthew Cheney (for The Mumpsimus)
- Barbara & Christopher Roden (for All Hallows magazine)
- Michael Walsh (for Old Earth Books)
2006
WFC 2006 was held in Austin, Texas. Judges were Steve Lockley, Barbara Roden, Victoria Strauss, Jeff VanderMeer, and Andrew Wheeler.
- Winner: David Howe and Stephen Walker (for Telos Books)
- The Friends of Arthur Machen (for Faunus, Machenalia, and The Life of Arthur Machen)
- Leo Grin (for The Cimmerian)
- Jess Nevins (for The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana, from MonkeyBrain Books)
- Rodger Turner, Neil Walsh, and Wayne MacLaurin (for SF Site)
2007
WFC 2007 was held in Saratoga Springs, New York. Judges for the event were Gavin Grant, Ed Greenwood, Jeremy Lassen, Jeff Mariotte, and Carsten Polzin.
- Winner: Gary K. Wolfe (for reviews and criticism in Locus and elsewhere)
- Leslie Howle (for her work at Clarion West)
- Leo Grin (for The Cimmerian)
- Susan Marie Groppi (for Strange Horizons)
- John Klima (for Electric Velocipede)
2008
WFC 2008 was held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. from October 30 to November 2. Judges for the event were Peter Coleborn, Robert Hoge, Dennis L. McKiernan, Mark Morris, and Steve Pasechnick.
- Winner: Midori Snyder and Terri Windling (for Endicott Studios Website)
- G. S. Evans and Alice Whittenburg (for Cafe Irreal)
- Stephen Jones (for editing Travellers in Darkness: The Souvenir Book of the World Horror Convention 2007)
- John Klima (for Electric Velocipede)
- Rosalie Parker and Raymond Russell (for Tartarus Press)
2009
WFC 2009 will be held in San Jose, California, from October 29 to November 1. Judges for the event are Jenny Blackford, Peter Heck, Ellen Klages, Chris Roberson, and Delia Sherman.
- Winner: Michael J. Walsh (for Howard Waldrop collections from Old Earth Books)
- Edith L. Crowe (for her work with The Mythopoeic Society)
- John Klima (for Electric Velocipede)
- Elise Matthesen (for setting out to inspire and for serving as inspiration for works of poetry, fantasy, and SF over the last decade through her jewelry-making and her "artist's challenges")
- Sean Wallace, Neil Clarke, & Nick Mamatas (for Clarkesworld Magazine)
2010
WFC 2010 was held in Columbus, Ohio in October 2010. Judges were Greg Ketter, Kelly Link, Jim Minz, Jürgen Snoeren, and Gary K. Wolfe.[1]
- Winner: Susan Marie Groppi (for Strange Horizons)
- John Berlyne (for POWERS: Secret Histories)
- Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan & Sean Wallace (for Clarkesworld Magazine)
- John Klima (for Electric Velocipede)
- Bob Colby, B. Diane Martin, David Shaw & Eric M. Van (for Readercon)
- Ray Russell & Rosalie Parker (for Tartarus Press)
2011
WFC was held in San Diego, CA in October 2011.
- Winner: Alisa Krasnostein (for Twelfth Planet Press)
- Stephen Jones, Michael Marshall Smith, & Amanda Foubister (for Brighton Shock!: The Souvenir Book Of The World Horror Convention 2010)
- Matthew Kressel (for Sybil's Garage and Senses Five Press)
- Charles Tan (for Bibliophile Stalker)
- Lavie Tidhar (for The World SF Blog)
2012
WFC will be held in Toronto, Canada in November 2012. The judges are John Berlyne, James P. Blaylock, Stephen Gallagher, Mary Kay Kare and Jacques Post.[2]
- Kate Baker, Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan & Sean Wallace (for Clarkesworld Magazine)
- Cat Rambo (for Fantasy Magazine)
- Raymond Russell & Rosalie Parker (for Tartarus Press)
- Charles Tan (for Bibliophile Stalker blog)
- Mark Valentine (for Wormwood)
See also
References
External links
- World Fantasy Convention official site
- World Fantasy Awards, complete list of all winning and nominated works
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